Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever. Then we can be heroes. Just for one day. -David Bowie

Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! You know what time it is. It’s getting late early around here. No time. Trying to get a watch repaired. No time. Never got a thing to wear. Hear the ringin’ of the telephone, no no. It ain’t the telephone that’s ringing. It’s the playoffs baby, playoffs. NFL playoff football. Win or go home! Who will roll? Ahhh, the next great human drama. Like my main man Tom Landry always says, “Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable.” Amen, my man. Amen!  Read More »

Public Service Announcement: Ok, here we go! What’s crack-a-lacking sports fans? Wooo doggie! What a game! What a game for Matt Cassel! Good for him. Earlier this week, Matt Cassel’s father passed away. Not an easy thing. Not an easy thing for anybody. Not anybody. Let alone back-up QB to TB for the NEP.  Read More »

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town.  Everybody loves you, so don’t let them down.  -Eagles

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Everybody wants to talk about the J-E-T-S Brett Brett Bretts.  Yes, every wants to squawk about Brett Fav-ruh and the Jets Jets Jets.  Not me.  I want to gab about the New England Patriots.  I want to Uwe Blab about Mighty Matt Cassel and the New England Patriots.    Read More »

Look for the silver lining when e’er a cloud appears in the blue.  Remember somewhere, the sun is shining; and so the right thing to do is make it shine for you.  -Judy Garland

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  I know, I know.  I was wrrr.  I was wrrr.  I was, well, you know.  The Patriots did not thump the J-E-T-S Brett Brett Bretts as I had expected.  But I am not disheartened.  I am not discouraged.  Not dismayed, demoralized or dejected.  Not after what I done saw.   Read More »

You know it’s true.  Everything I do, I do it for you.  -Bryan Adams

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  With the Vikings, Tyler Thigpen could not compete with Brooks Bollinger.  He could not compete with Tarvaris Jackson.  Heck, he couldn’t even compete with Drew Henson.  Last year, the Vikings released Thigpen thinking they could throw him on their practice squad.  They thought wrong.  He was signed by the Chiefs the following day.      Read More »

Well I’m a king bee.  Buzzing around your hive.  Well I’m a king bee, baby.  Buzzing around your hive.  Yeah I can make honey baby, let me come inside.  -Rolling Stones

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  There have been times when it looked as if Matt Cassel was just lucky to be playing.  Folks have been saying the Patriots were winning despite him.  That’s not the case now and the Indianapolis Colts will see that first hand on Sunday.    Read More »

A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.  -Michael Garret Marino

1.  Magglio Ordonez sure is hitting the cover off the ball.  He’s grrrrrreat!!  Yesterday, he smashed two bombs off Oakland’s Dallas Braden in the same inning.  In the same inning! My oh my!  Mags just joined Hall of Famer Al Kaline as the only Tiger to homer twice in one inning.  Pretty good company.  Come and knock on our door.  Ordonez has been knocking all season.  Besides the two dings, he had four RBIs to surpass the 100-RBIs mark for the second straight season.  MVP!  MVP!  MVP!      Read More »

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.  -Oscar Wilde

1.  According to the Seattle Times, Kevin Durant was ranked 78th out of 80 NBA prospects who worked out at Orlando.  Red Auerbach always said to do your scouting during the season.  That predraft workouts are a travesty. A travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.  I agree.  I don’t care if Durant finished 80th out of 80.  He is going to be star baby.  You don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in my show.  Oh, you don’t have to be a star, baby, to be in my show.  He’s gonna be a star in the Seattle Supersonics’ show.  Remember the Wonderlic!        Read More »

Well, we drank champagne and danced all night.  Under electric candlelight.  -The Kinks

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  What’s crack-a-lacking sports fans?  LJ.  Larry Johnson.  St. Reggie’s first pick in fantasy.  The league’s leading rusher.  The Centaur, half-man, half-beast.  The guy that made Chiefs fans everywhere forget about Ricky Williams’ boy, Priest Holmes.  Larry Johnson, Doak Walker Award winner.  Maxwell Award winner.  Walter Camp Award winner.  Larry Johnson, the 2nd pick of the draft.  Penn State.  Larry Johnson, in an interview with Viqueen great Chris Carter, Johnson lauded Herm Edwards.   Crushed Vermeil. No big deal.  But then, he had to keep going.  He had to get all racial and stuff.           Read More »